以牙還牙

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	tooth; ivory	pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	tooth; ivory
trad. (以牙還牙)		以	牙	還	牙
simp. (以牙还牙)		以	牙	还	牙

Etymology

From the Chinese translation of the biblical phrase "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" (以眼還眼，以牙還牙).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐyáhuányá

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄧㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ ngaa⁴ waan⁴ ngaa⁴
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): í-gê-hoân-gê

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐyáhuányá
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄧㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄧㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐyáhuányá
  - Wade–Giles: i³-ya²-huan²-ya²
  - Yale: yǐ-yá-hwán-yá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiiyahwanya
  - Palladius: ияхуанья (ijaxuanʹja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä³⁵ xu̯än³⁵⁻⁵⁵ jä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ ngaa⁴ waan⁴ ngaa⁴
  - Yale: yíh ngàh wàahn ngàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ ngaa⁴ waan⁴ ngaa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ nga⁴ wan⁴ nga⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ ŋaː²¹ waːn²¹ ŋaː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-gê-hoân-gê
  - Tâi-lô: í-gê-huân-gê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: y'ge'hoan'gee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²⁴⁻²² huan²⁴⁻²² ɡe²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡe²⁴⁻²² huan²⁴⁻²² ɡe²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡe¹³⁻²² huan¹³⁻²² ɡe¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²⁴⁻¹¹ huan²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡe²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²³⁻³³ huan²³⁻³³ ɡe²³/

Idiom

以牙還牙

to take an eye for an eye

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